I may be wrong, and stand to be corrected by those more knowledgeable, but I believe the restriction on sealskin import relates to trade goods rather than personal goods. I certainly never thought twice about packing my sealskin sporran when moving from Japan to USA.
"O, why the deuce should I repine, and be an ill foreboder?
I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!
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